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 Quiz about the Month of May

 April showers bring May flowers! Hope everyone has rosy days ahead in May.



     1.   What's the birthstone of May, which represents love and success?

 

    2.   Which tennis Open Championship normally begins in the last week of May? ________________ OPEN

 

    3.   What are the two zodiac signs for the month of May?  T____________ & G______________

 

    4.   Which sweetly scented, highly poisonous woodland flowering plant is the birth flower of May?     L____________ of the Valley

 

    5.   Historically, what sort of dancing has been linked to May Day celebrations?  M_____________  Dancing

 

    6.   How long is the lifespan for the adult female Mayfly, Dolania americana: 5 minutes, 5 hours, or 5 days?

 

    7.   What is the more common name for the Mayflower shrub?

 

    8.   Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, was celebrated on which day in May, 1945?

 

    9.   In the nursery rhyme 'Nuts in May', on what sort of morning are the nuts gathered? On a cold and _________________ morning


10. Which American federal holiday, sometimes called Decoration Day, is currently observed every year on the last Monday of May?

 

*source of the quiz: freepubquiz.co.uk

 

 

 

<Answer Keys>

    1.  Emerald

    2.  French Open

    3.  Taurus (until May 20) and Gemini (May 21 onwards)

    4.  Lily of the Valley

    5.  Morris Dancing

    6.  5 minutes

    7.  Hawthorn

    8.  8th May

    9.  frosty morning

   10. Memorial Day

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